Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
Dan wrote:
Take a look at my work in progress web site at www.meuxette.com
Constructive comments and criticism are welcome.
Okay... Fair warning - I'm opinionated and blunt. Please don't
take it personal. *smiles*
The image is a png. I like png files - but for photos they are
large files. 516K for a 700x400 px image. Saved as a very high
quality jpeg, it is less than 90K. And it still looks okay for
this application compressed to 30K. It even appears to have been a
jpeg, as I can see jpeg compression artifacts.
Smaller size with no perceivable quality loss is always good - even
if you don't notice or care about the smaller size.
But that's about all I can comment on as the link to apple is the
only link on the page.
Oh. I see. Looking at the source, I see the navigation is
javascript only. *grumble*
{waits for page to reload after allowing javascript)
Seems you are using javascript for plain HTML-type links. More
data to download = slower = more data used. But no functional
benefit that I can see. Is there a reason you are doing simple
page linking with javascript?
Although the menu is text, the text doesn't change color to
indicate which links I have already visited nor is the text
underlined and colored blue like a link should be.
The Welcome menu item is a link to the home page - where I
already am. I would find it would be helpful if it were dead
text.
The contrast between the dark gray you are here and the light gray
you could go here isn't enough. I have to look closely to see
which is which.
You are using pixel, not em, or percent for size - which is far
less adaptable for different browsers, screens, and font sizes.
Cars section
I like the photo for the car ID. The chassis code could be handy
(S123, W124, etc)
Is there an order to the cars? Manufactured year? Ownership order?
I found two pages that the page title is Text.
http://www.meuxette.com/meuxette.com/1979_300TD.html
http://www.meuxette.com/meuxette.com/1991_300E.html
Photos section
Basic navigation is broken, replaced by a javascript kludge. I
really, really, really, dislike any website that forces me to
navigate _only_ the one way the developer decided to use. If I
were just a visitor to your site, I would give up and leave (at
least the photos section) because of how the navigation _STINKS_.
The javascript prevents me browsing my way. Examples: Can't opening
a photo in a new tab. The back button doesn't work. copy image
location doesn't. And after all that, the big picture that
(sometimes) eventually shows isn't very big.
So - in summary.
+ The layout is clean and uncluttered.
- Contrast between the text and the white background is a bit low.
+ The pages are pleasantly free of junk, blinking text, wild
colors, excessive links.
- The front page photos could easily be a jpeg and be smaller.
- Javascript required for simple navigation
- The big photos are so small I have no incentive to put up with
the dreadful photo album javascript nav.
If I were a visitor (and not reviewing at your request), I would
not have ever gotten past the first page (since it required
javascript) unless I had some insider scoop that there was
something worth digging for. Once in, the cars section is okay.
But the only reason I would endure the photos page is if I were
_really_ desperately - say, looking for a (rare) photo.
And that is _my_ opinion. :)
-- Philip
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Re: [MBZ] OT button cell batteries
Allan wrote: Are the button type batteries of a size all the same? I have an old stopwatch which doesn't have a battery installed. Will any battery that fits work? Probably. There are a few odd ones that are 3V, or such. But for the most part, the physical size is all that really matters. There may be a capacity difference, but that isn't usually a big deal. Oh - be sure to check the height, as there are a number of the most commons sizes that differ only in height. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Dan Penoff
Dan - your email seems not to work. Is d...@penoff.com still active? Everytime I try to send to this address I get an error. Thx Larry ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Dan Penoff
It's not. 11 killed my domain when I transferred it so my email isn't redirecting right now. Use dpen...@mac.com Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 18, 2014, at 6:36 AM, LarryT via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Dan - your email seems not to work. Is d...@penoff.com still active? Everytime I try to send to this address I get an error. Thx Larry ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
Thanks, Philip!
All good points and well taken.
While iWeb is far front FrontPage, it still does a lot of kludgy stuff, I'll
admit.
I am looking at a couple of current HTML editors that do a much better job,
with which I will redraft the web site, keeping a lot of the points you made in
mind.
Dan
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 18, 2014, at 2:42 AM, Fmiser via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Dan wrote:
Take a look at my work in progress web site at www.meuxette.com
Constructive comments and criticism are welcome.
Okay... Fair warning - I'm opinionated and blunt. Please don't
take it personal. *smiles*
The image is a png. I like png files - but for photos they are
large files. 516K for a 700x400 px image. Saved as a very high
quality jpeg, it is less than 90K. And it still looks okay for
this application compressed to 30K. It even appears to have been a
jpeg, as I can see jpeg compression artifacts.
Smaller size with no perceivable quality loss is always good - even
if you don't notice or care about the smaller size.
But that's about all I can comment on as the link to apple is the
only link on the page.
Oh. I see. Looking at the source, I see the navigation is
javascript only. *grumble*
{waits for page to reload after allowing javascript)
Seems you are using javascript for plain HTML-type links. More
data to download = slower = more data used. But no functional
benefit that I can see. Is there a reason you are doing simple
page linking with javascript?
Although the menu is text, the text doesn't change color to
indicate which links I have already visited nor is the text
underlined and colored blue like a link should be.
The Welcome menu item is a link to the home page - where I
already am. I would find it would be helpful if it were dead
text.
The contrast between the dark gray you are here and the light gray
you could go here isn't enough. I have to look closely to see
which is which.
You are using pixel, not em, or percent for size - which is far
less adaptable for different browsers, screens, and font sizes.
Cars section
I like the photo for the car ID. The chassis code could be handy
(S123, W124, etc)
Is there an order to the cars? Manufactured year? Ownership order?
I found two pages that the page title is Text.
http://www.meuxette.com/meuxette.com/1979_300TD.html
http://www.meuxette.com/meuxette.com/1991_300E.html
Photos section
Basic navigation is broken, replaced by a javascript kludge. I
really, really, really, dislike any website that forces me to
navigate _only_ the one way the developer decided to use. If I
were just a visitor to your site, I would give up and leave (at
least the photos section) because of how the navigation _STINKS_.
The javascript prevents me browsing my way. Examples: Can't opening
a photo in a new tab. The back button doesn't work. copy image
location doesn't. And after all that, the big picture that
(sometimes) eventually shows isn't very big.
So - in summary.
+ The layout is clean and uncluttered.
- Contrast between the text and the white background is a bit low.
+ The pages are pleasantly free of junk, blinking text, wild
colors, excessive links.
- The front page photos could easily be a jpeg and be smaller.
- Javascript required for simple navigation
- The big photos are so small I have no incentive to put up with
the dreadful photo album javascript nav.
If I were a visitor (and not reviewing at your request), I would
not have ever gotten past the first page (since it required
javascript) unless I had some insider scoop that there was
something worth digging for. Once in, the cars section is okay.
But the only reason I would endure the photos page is if I were
_really_ desperately - say, looking for a (rare) photo.
And that is _my_ opinion. :)
-- Philip
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Re: [MBZ] Dan Penoff
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: It's not. 11 killed my domain when I transferred it so my email isn't redirecting right now. Ouch. Craig didn't have any problems when he moved his domain, did he? When I set up a new domain last month, I looked through my old saved messages on the subject and took Curt and Craig's advice in going with 11. Now I'm wondering if I should have asked the question again instead of using old answers. Mitch (who so far hasn't had any problems with 11 that he knows about) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
Fmiser via Mercedes wrote: If I were a visitor (and not reviewing at your request), I would not have ever gotten past the first page (since it required javascript) unless I had some insider scoop that there was something worth digging for. Once in, the cars section is okay. But the only reason I would endure the photos page is if I were _really_ desperately - say, looking for a (rare) photo. What really frosts me is when a home page has nothing on it but a flash object. I might assume there was navigation to the rest of the site embedded in the flash, but since I don't open the flash I'll never know for sure. That's a guaranteed ctrl-w for me. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Dan Penoff
It was partially my fault, as I tried to cancel my hosting BEFORE transferring the domains. Duh! They were able to back the cancellation out, but it killed DNS for the site which is why you don't see it any more. I already transferred the new nameserver DNS but that won't kick in for a while. The domain transfer will take place later this week, so I'm not going to try and kludge something. I'll just use an alternate address for now. If I miss something important, so be it. I'm on the lists and my bills are being paid, so anything else is gravy. The issue I had with 11, and I believe the same that Craig experienced as well, was their inability to control spam coming out of their MX (mail) servers. In the last week it was so bad that I was averaging about 100 bounces a day from my ISPs due to 11's mail servers being blacklisted for spam. Efforts to resolve it were fruitless. I spoke to support on several occasions without results. All they ever said was that they knew about the problem, were working to fix it, and after they did their MX servers would be whitelisted and all would be well again. After two weeks of this I finally gave up and bailed. I would add that this is not the first time this has happened, either. I simply had enough. Dan On Aug 18, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: It's not. 11 killed my domain when I transferred it so my email isn't redirecting right now. Ouch. Craig didn't have any problems when he moved his domain, did he? When I set up a new domain last month, I looked through my old saved messages on the subject and took Curt and Craig's advice in going with 11. Now I'm wondering if I should have asked the question again instead of using old answers. Mitch (who so far hasn't had any problems with 11 that he knows about) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Dan Penoff
I haven't had any troubles but I don't use their email... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Dan Penoff
For hosting they were fine. Dan On Aug 18, 2014, at 8:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I haven't had any troubles but I don't use their email... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I am looking at a couple of current HTML editors that do a much better job, with which I will redraft the web site, keeping a lot of the points you made in mind. To echo Philip, I can't view the site at work on Chrome/FF because our (admittedly aggressive) firewall is blocking the external JS downloads. If the JS was inlined it would work, though of course that costs caching for everyone else. The best way would be to use a static image as a link, IMO. Oddly, IE at work doesn't even take the initial forward. Not sure if that's unique to the firewall or IE, as I don't use IE anywhere else. Overall, what is the goal of the site? To serve as a picture sharing repository for friends and family? As a work log on the cars, like Jim does? A placeholder so the e-mail server isn't so lonely? Or...? If you are taking requests, I would love to see a graphical Mercedes Martha tutorial, with pictures of the steps and setup in between. It is so hard to get my forced labor - I mean, children - to read how to do a job properly. :) Best, Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
Detailing DIYs are in the works. I gotta get my hosting sorted out first. And find a decent web editor. Thanks! Dan On Aug 18, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Tim Crone bb...@crone.us wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I am looking at a couple of current HTML editors that do a much better job, with which I will redraft the web site, keeping a lot of the points you made in mind. To echo Philip, I can't view the site at work on Chrome/FF because our (admittedly aggressive) firewall is blocking the external JS downloads. If the JS was inlined it would work, though of course that costs caching for everyone else. The best way would be to use a static image as a link, IMO. Oddly, IE at work doesn't even take the initial forward. Not sure if that's unique to the firewall or IE, as I don't use IE anywhere else. Overall, what is the goal of the site? To serve as a picture sharing repository for friends and family? As a work log on the cars, like Jim does? A placeholder so the e-mail server isn't so lonely? Or...? If you are taking requests, I would love to see a graphical Mercedes Martha tutorial, with pictures of the steps and setup in between. It is so hard to get my forced labor - I mean, children - to read how to do a job properly. :) Best, Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Mitch Haley mi...@mitchellhaley.com wrote: Tim Crone wrote: On Aug 17, 2014 9:50 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My laptop has been sluggish lately, and somehow it lost bluetooth capability, so I did a 'minimal factory restore' (I forgot how much stuff came with that, maybe I should have dug up my Windows disk and done a true clean install). Everything works now. I think it resets the registry. Is Loren still around? It formats the hard drive and reinstalls the OS, so yes, the registry gets reset. Youch! I didn't think the restores did a format, that's rather painful. IIRC, I want service pack 1 installed on a Windows 7 computer? Yes. What surprised me was there were about twenty more 'critical updates needed' in Windows Updates after the SP1 install than before. I installed a cumulative security update but left the other 108 updates uninstalled. I don't think MS has fixed their incremental problem - you have to run update multiple times to actually get everything installed - so you might check WU again. Also the criticals tend to be things that aren't security-specific, but could maybe be exploited, and of course QA will be testing all the other fixes with the latest of everything. You can block Bing and so forth from installing (ignore, I believe) and then bulk install the rest, unless there is a particular objection. On a new install I usually start the updates before I leave for the night, restart in the morning, monitor occasionally, and then I might be done at lunchtime. With a few notable exceptions*, I have been satisfied with the MS update quality control, enough that I let the lab computers update automatically now. That said our machines are mostly running Server OSs, so I'm not sure that completely translates to the desktop offerings. * Yes I am aware that they just released an update that causes a blue screen... Best, Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
...And find a decent web editor. There's a lot to be said for NON-wysiwyg, aka wisiwiw, using something like emacs. The learning curve is a bit steeper, but there are no surprises and you're in complete control of everything. A browser refresh is fast, and that's all you need to see if a change came out right or not. (I do it locally, before publishing the page(s) to the server. My publication step is a script that ftp's all changed files to the server, automatically.) You can lay out a few dummy pages using a tool whose output you like, then view the source to see what is going on and model your edits after that. It's surprising how messy the output of such tools can be. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
I agree. In the past I've used a tool for things that are a little complicated like tables but then clean up the code by hand. Especially lately they all want to insert style sheets and other schmegma... -Curt From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Dan Penoff dpen...@mac.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site ...And find a decent web editor. There's a lot to be said for NON-wysiwyg, aka wisiwiw, using something like emacs. The learning curve is a bit steeper, but there are no surprises and you're in complete control of everything. A browser refresh is fast, and that's all you need to see if a change came out right or not. (I do it locally, before publishing the page(s) to the server. My publication step is a script that ftp's all changed files to the server, automatically.) You can lay out a few dummy pages using a tool whose output you like, then view the source to see what is going on and model your edits after that. It's surprising how messy the output of such tools can be. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
I agree. In the past I've used a tool for things that are a little complicated like tables but then clean up the code by hand. Especially lately they all want to insert style sheets and other schmegma... I learned the editor in the early 80's, and HTML 1.0 in the 90's, and I haven't had any obsolescence problems since. Sure, my pages aren't fancy, but I don't _need_ fancy. I need what I have, which is fifteen years (now) of date-indexed searchable logs (I use grep and/or emacs for searches) and no tool obsolescence. I could have used plain text, but the HTML formatting is a lot nicer, and links are just plain nice to have. I've added tables from later HTML, but I don't think I'm using much else from newer specs. Maybe a few character encodings. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
I was looking at your site today, read through some of the early history of the Chicken Wagon, hard to believe that was all the way back in 2007... -Curt From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site I agree. In the past I've used a tool for things that are a little complicated like tables but then clean up the code by hand. Especially lately they all want to insert style sheets and other schmegma... I learned the editor in the early 80's, and HTML 1.0 in the 90's, and I haven't had any obsolescence problems since. Sure, my pages aren't fancy, but I don't _need_ fancy. I need what I have, which is fifteen years (now) of date-indexed searchable logs (I use grep and/or emacs for searches) and no tool obsolescence. I could have used plain text, but the HTML formatting is a lot nicer, and links are just plain nice to have. I've added tables from later HTML, but I don't think I'm using much else from newer specs. Maybe a few character encodings. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Fridge update
You might remember a couple weeks ago when I was working on my fridge that wouldn't defrost. Well I'm sitting in the living room and I just heard the gentle rain of water into the drain pan. The dammed thing just defrosted! So theory: The timer was stuck. In my troubleshooting I cranked it around a couple cycles. At first it didn't want to come back on after I'd cranked it around but eventually it played right. I didn't think much of it at the time but I'll keep in watch mode now, if it plays up again I'll crank the timer a couple more times. If that works I'll replace it. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126
toss the stock lamps, not just the bulbs. get a set of H4 Cibié lamps and some decent bulbs like the Sylvania/Osrams, or high-efficacy Narvas; they'll mount in the same place as the stuff that came stock. having the right light in front of a car isn't just about wattage; it's about having a lens and reflector in the lamp that put the light in the right place (and don't interfere with oncoming traffic). lamps in most other parts of the world did a much better job of this than what the US DOT stuck us with. cheers! e On 17/Aug/14 11:35, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: I have a '84 300CD and a '87 300SDL and both vehicles' lights are not bright enough for night driving especially on back roads. I have tried upgrading the bulbs for brighter ones, but nothing yet is satisfactory. Any suggestions for making these safer? Thanks. Ralph ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT button cell batteries
As I said, but maybe not clearly, I don't have the old battery. Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com writes: They are a bunch of different ones. Just take the old one to Walmart and match it up. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 17, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Are the button type batteries of a size all the same? I have an old stopwatch which doesn't have a battery installed. Will any battery that fits work? Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT button cell batteries
I missed that part entirely. Do you know the voltage required? Can you look i tup online maybe? Curt From: Allan Streib via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT button cell batteries As I said, but maybe not clearly, I don't have the old battery. Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com writes: They are a bunch of different ones. Just take the old one to Walmart and match it up. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 17, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Are the button type batteries of a size all the same? I have an old stopwatch which doesn't have a battery installed. Will any battery that fits work? Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Surrender
Just heard back from the seller. He said he was going to relist the car for $700. I suspect he'll get a buyer at that price. Then again, maybe not, as he lives in Brooksville, which is over an hour's drive form Tampa. I'll watch for the listing and see what happens On Aug 17, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yes, I felt somewhat Okiefied when this first came up I'm not sure what I'm going to do at this point. I need to give it some thought. Dan On Aug 17, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: You are out of control buying all these Junkers. Next thing you know your back yard will look like mine. What kind of shape is it in otherwise? I would tell him the offer is now $500, 6 tops. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] MX Record Help
While I think I have a good understanding of DNS, the MX thing has me puzzled, so I'll toss it out here with the hope that someone out there knows how I can sort this out: I had a domain (penoff.com) hosted on 1and1. My email address was d...@penoff.com and was forwarded from the domain to Verizon, my ISP. I also forwarded the address to Gmail as well for redundancy. When I went to transfer my domains to GoDaddy on Sunday, they suggested that I configure off-site DNS so that when the domains transferred in they would be able to configure DNS on the spot. As one might expect, when the DNS changes propagated, it broke my mail, as the MX records didn't match in DNS. I can configure the MX servers in my DNS control panel at GoDaddy, however, I'm a little confused as to how my mail will get to Verizon. I say that since the former incoming mail from my web host was forwarded to Verizon (dpen...@verizon.net) in this form, not as d...@penoff.com. How will Verizon's servers know what to do with mail coming in from penoff.com since it won't be pointed at a Verizon account? The only thing I can set up in the MX records are my domain name and the smtp server I want the mail pointed to? Help? Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] 300SDL in Bawstun
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w126-s-se-sec-sel-sd/1463904-w126-related-items-sale-wanted-buy-352.html#post9847945 Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126
I put 7 in. Hellas on my 81 300D 'bout 12 years ago. The first time I turned them on at night, I threw so much light out front that I thought I felt some thrust (deceleration) to the rear. Wilton - Original Message - From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126 toss the stock lamps, not just the bulbs. get a set of H4 Cibié lamps and some decent bulbs like the Sylvania/Osrams, or high-efficacy Narvas; they'll mount in the same place as the stuff that came stock. having the right light in front of a car isn't just about wattage; it's about having a lens and reflector in the lamp that put the light in the right place (and don't interfere with oncoming traffic). lamps in most other parts of the world did a much better job of this than what the US DOT stuck us with. cheers! e On 17/Aug/14 11:35, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: I have a '84 300CD and a '87 300SDL and both vehicles' lights are not bright enough for night driving especially on back roads. I have tried upgrading the bulbs for brighter ones, but nothing yet is satisfactory. Any suggestions for making these safer? Thanks. Ralph ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fridge update
On 18/08/2014 12:55 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: You might remember a couple weeks ago when I was working on my fridge that wouldn't defrost. Well I'm sitting in the living room and I just heard the gentle rain of water into the drain pan. The dammed thing just defrosted! So theory: The timer was stuck. In my troubleshooting I cranked it around a couple cycles. At first it didn't want to come back on after I'd cranked it around but eventually it played right. I didn't think much of it at the time but I'll keep in watch mode now, if it plays up again I'll crank the timer a couple more times. If that works I'll replace it. -Curt ___ Enjoy your relative youth and your good hearing. I would never hear the refrigerator defrosting. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fridge update
Blame it on the number of videos I've made in the house... I'd noticed that the fridge wasn't running all the time which is a pretty good sign. When its freezing up it runs constantly as the coils freeze up since its not putting as much cold into the fridge compartment as it should be, especially once it ices over the hole from the freezer into the fridge. The noise in question was a rather loud drip, the water drops a good 3 from the end of the tube to the drip tray. Our house is pretty quiet. -Curt From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fridge update On 18/08/2014 12:55 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: You might remember a couple weeks ago when I was working on my fridge that wouldn't defrost. Well I'm sitting in the living room and I just heard the gentle rain of water into the drain pan. The dammed thing just defrosted! So theory: The timer was stuck. In my troubleshooting I cranked it around a couple cycles. At first it didn't want to come back on after I'd cranked it around but eventually it played right. I didn't think much of it at the time but I'll keep in watch mode now, if it plays up again I'll crank the timer a couple more times. If that works I'll replace it. -Curt ___ Enjoy your relative youth and your good hearing. I would never hear the refrigerator defrosting. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Republic Wireless followup
Another followup, I finally got around to signing up with Republic Wireless and my MotoX arrived today. Its pretty terrific, I've got the functionality almost up to my iPhone, just need to install the travel App that lets me build my expense report on the road and it'll be ready to go. I LOVE OK Google. You say Ok Google Now plus whatever you want it to do, I've been playing with send text mostly. The phone wakes up (notice I never said to press anything), parses what you want to do, then does it Who do you want to text? While Siri and I don't get along (she can't understand a word I say) Google gets it just about every time, surprisingly it even does well with music playing. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] MX Record Help
Doesn't it take some time for the domain info to propagate throughout the webertubez? It might be that all the various mail routers and such don't know yet what the new target is? --R On 8/18/14 3:01 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: While I think I have a good understanding of DNS, the MX thing has me puzzled, so I'll toss it out here with the hope that someone out there knows how I can sort this out: I had a domain (penoff.com) hosted on 1and1. My email address was d...@penoff.com and was forwarded from the domain to Verizon, my ISP. I also forwarded the address to Gmail as well for redundancy. When I went to transfer my domains to GoDaddy on Sunday, they suggested that I configure off-site DNS so that when the domains transferred in they would be able to configure DNS on the spot. As one might expect, when the DNS changes propagated, it broke my mail, as the MX records didn't match in DNS. I can configure the MX servers in my DNS control panel at GoDaddy, however, I'm a little confused as to how my mail will get to Verizon. I say that since the former incoming mail from my web host was forwarded to Verizon (dpen...@verizon.net) in this form, not as d...@penoff.com. How will Verizon's servers know what to do with mail coming in from penoff.com since it won't be pointed at a Verizon account? The only thing I can set up in the MX records are my domain name and the smtp server I want the mail pointed to? Help? Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] MX Record Help
It depends on the ISP, but I have run the MX Lookup tool on the domain name and it's already showing that it's pointed at Verizon. This confirms that the MX server records have propagated through DNS. I may have been a bit obtuse. Here's the rub: If I send an email to d...@penoff.com, it goes to my domain and gets resolved by the MX settings, which send the mail to smtp.verizon,net. Since the incoming mail has my domain rather than a *@verizon.net domain address, how would the Verizon mailservers know it's mail for me? (dpen...@verizon.net.) In other words, how would they resolve my domain name to my personal account? Does this make sense? I have Googled this every possible way I can think of and I'm not finding anything. I'm either not asking the right question or I misunderstand something. Thanks, Dan On Aug 18, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Doesn't it take some time for the domain info to propagate throughout the webertubez? It might be that all the various mail routers and such don't know yet what the new target is? --R On 8/18/14 3:01 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: While I think I have a good understanding of DNS, the MX thing has me puzzled, so I'll toss it out here with the hope that someone out there knows how I can sort this out: I had a domain (penoff.com) hosted on 1and1. My email address was d...@penoff.com and was forwarded from the domain to Verizon, my ISP. I also forwarded the address to Gmail as well for redundancy. When I went to transfer my domains to GoDaddy on Sunday, they suggested that I configure off-site DNS so that when the domains transferred in they would be able to configure DNS on the spot. As one might expect, when the DNS changes propagated, it broke my mail, as the MX records didn't match in DNS. I can configure the MX servers in my DNS control panel at GoDaddy, however, I'm a little confused as to how my mail will get to Verizon. I say that since the former incoming mail from my web host was forwarded to Verizon (dpen...@verizon.net) in this form, not as d...@penoff.com. How will Verizon's servers know what to do with mail coming in from penoff.com since it won't be pointed at a Verizon account? The only thing I can set up in the MX records are my domain name and the smtp server I want the mail pointed to? Help? Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Dan Penoff
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:21:02 -0400 Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: It's not. 11 killed my domain when I transferred it so my email isn't redirecting right now. Ouch. Craig didn't have any problems when he moved his domain, did he? No, he didn't have any problems. The folks at SWCP were very concerned about 11 locking my domains so I couldn't transfer them, so they had me click on the correct box on 11's page to allow changes to be made and then did their business with the registrar (Internic?). 11 had no idea what was going on until the final step of transferring my domains out of their control. When I set up a new domain last month, I looked through my old saved messages on the subject and took Curt and Craig's advice in going with 11. Now I'm wondering if I should have asked the question again instead of using old answers. Things do change ... Hopefully, you will get good service from them, Mitch. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:20:17 -0400 WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I put 7 in. Hellas on my 81 300D 'bout 12 years ago. The first time I turned them on at night, I threw so much light out front that I thought I felt some thrust (deceleration) to the rear. ! :-) Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126
yep; the difference between DOT and real headlamps is like that. as popular as Hellas are, i specifically didn't mention Hellas because in the cars where my family of lighting geeks has compared Hellas side-by-side with Cibiés, we've found that when they're aimed properly (so that the high beam points out to the horizon), the low beam pattern for the Hellas was shorter than the Cibiés. considering that most of us do 90% of our driving on the low beams, that's pretty significant. cheers! e On 18/Aug/14 12:20, WILTON wrote: I put 7 in. Hellas on my 81 300D 'bout 12 years ago. The first time I turned them on at night, I threw so much light out front that I thought I felt some thrust (deceleration) to the rear. Wilton - Original Message - From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126 toss the stock lamps, not just the bulbs. get a set of H4 Cibié lamps and some decent bulbs like the Sylvania/Osrams, or high-efficacy Narvas; they'll mount in the same place as the stuff that came stock. having the right light in front of a car isn't just about wattage; it's about having a lens and reflector in the lamp that put the light in the right place (and don't interfere with oncoming traffic). lamps in most other parts of the world did a much better job of this than what the US DOT stuck us with. cheers! e On 17/Aug/14 11:35, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: I have a '84 300CD and a '87 300SDL and both vehicles' lights are not bright enough for night driving especially on back roads. I have tried upgrading the bulbs for brighter ones, but nothing yet is satisfactory. Any suggestions for making these safer? Thanks. Ralph ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126
And that is really the problem isn't it? There is so much traffic anymore that I am stuck on low beam most of the time and most low beam lamps don't light enough ground for me at highway speeds - especially as I get older and my vision deteriorates. Randy On 18/08/2014 3:52 PM, ernest breakfield via Mercedes wrote: yep; the difference between DOT and real headlamps is like that. as popular as Hellas are, i specifically didn't mention Hellas because in the cars where my family of lighting geeks has compared Hellas side-by-side with Cibiés, we've found that when they're aimed properly (so that the high beam points out to the horizon), the low beam pattern for the Hellas was shorter than the Cibiés. considering that most of us do 90% of our driving on the low beams, that's pretty significant. cheers! e On 18/Aug/14 12:20, WILTON wrote: I put 7 in. Hellas on my 81 300D 'bout 12 years ago. The first time I turned them on at night, I threw so much light out front that I thought I felt some thrust (deceleration) to the rear. Wilton - Original Message - From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126 toss the stock lamps, not just the bulbs. get a set of H4 Cibié lamps and some decent bulbs like the Sylvania/Osrams, or high-efficacy Narvas; they'll mount in the same place as the stuff that came stock. having the right light in front of a car isn't just about wattage; it's about having a lens and reflector in the lamp that put the light in the right place (and don't interfere with oncoming traffic). lamps in most other parts of the world did a much better job of this than what the US DOT stuck us with. cheers! e On 17/Aug/14 11:35, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: I have a '84 300CD and a '87 300SDL and both vehicles' lights are not bright enough for night driving especially on back roads. I have tried upgrading the bulbs for brighter ones, but nothing yet is satisfactory. Any suggestions for making these safer? Thanks. Ralph ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] MX Record Help
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:01:22 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: While I think I have a good understanding of DNS, the MX thing has me puzzled, so I'll toss it out here with the hope that someone out there knows how I can sort this out: Yes, MX is a little confusing; I'm not sure I completely understand it myself. I had a domain (penoff.com) hosted on 1and1. My email address was d...@penoff.com and was forwarded from the domain to Verizon, my ISP. I also forwarded the address to Gmail as well for redundancy. So in that case, Verizon did take incoming mail from your domain. You just need to repeat what was set up then. (The only problem, I'm sure is finding out what you had then.) When I went to transfer my domains to GoDaddy on Sunday, they suggested that I configure off-site DNS so that when the domains transferred in they would be able to configure DNS on the spot. That was the first step in my switchover from 11 to SWCP. They changed 11's DNS record from 11's DNS server to theirs. Then, when the domains were transferred, they changed the DNS registration to point to their servers instead of 11's. It caused a few hours of downtime, but worked just fine. As one might expect, when the DNS changes propagated, it broke my mail, as the MX records didn't match in DNS. I just ran this: [craig@mccluskey ~]$ nslookup penoff.com Server: 198.59.115.2 Address:198.59.115.2#53 Non-authoritative answer: *** Can't find penoff.com: No answer [craig@mccluskey ~]$ host penoff.com penoff.com mail is handled by 10 smtp.verizon.net. [craig@mccluskey ~]$ That tells me you have no web server but have mail configured, as I do here: [craig@mccluskey ~]$ nslookup pisquared.net Server: 198.59.115.2 Address:198.59.115.2#53 *** Can't find pisquared.net: No answer [craig@mccluskey ~]$ host pisquared.net pisquared.net mail is handled by 10 mx1.swcp.com. [craig@mccluskey ~]$ I can configure the MX servers in my DNS control panel at GoDaddy, however, I'm a little confused as to how my mail will get to Verizon. I say that since the former incoming mail from my web host was forwarded to Verizon (dpen...@verizon.net) in this form, not as d...@penoff.com. With your information at GoDaddy, I presume you have some sort of mail handling service so mail coming to your domain is not rejected. If you do (and I don't see how you would not), all you need to do is set it up to forward from d...@penoff.com to dpen...@verison.net. If I send an email to d...@penoff.com, it goes to my domain and gets resolved by the MX settings, which send the mail to smtp.verizon,net. Since the incoming mail has my domain rather than a *@verizon.net domain address, how would the Verizon mailservers know it's mail for me? (dpen...@verizon.net.) In other words, how would they resolve my domain name to my personal account? My situation is slightly different because my domain hosting and email serving are by the same company. I do, however, have a forward from, for example, diese...@pisquared.net to the account at which I really pick up my email. That forward is a part of my domain hosting. Help? How about calling tech support at Verizon and GoDaddy? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] W124 headlights [was Re: headlight brightness, 123 126]
On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:03:51 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The headlights on these cars are woefully inadequate even for their time, and border on being dangerous when driving the car at highway speeds, in my opinion. My R129 (SL500) has the same lights as the W124, and I might as well be holding a candle in front of a reflector. It's about as efficient as these headlights... How does one tell if the headlights in one's W124 are the ones to which you here refer, Dan, or a better version? I think the lighting of our W124s has been quite adequate, even with standard wiring and standard bulbs. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:09:40 -0700 Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: ...And find a decent web editor. There's a lot to be said for NON-wysiwyg, aka wisiwiw, using something like emacs. The learning curve is a bit steeper, but there are no surprises and you're in complete control of everything. A browser refresh is fast, and that's all you need to see if a change came out right or not. All my web pages have been created with vi. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Stupid people
Had my office ship me a spare hard drive for a lap top. It arrived in about a 4x6 box, just in the box, just the jar drive, no packing material, just in the empty box. Fixing to install it, wonder what the chances are it's still good. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Stupid people
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:49:09 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Had my office ship me a spare hard drive for a lap top. It arrived in about a 4x6 box, just in the box, just the jar drive, no packing material, just in the empty box. Fixing to install it, wonder what the chances are it's still good. I once bought a hard drive from someone on eBay. It arrived wrapped in a layer of cardboard. It worked. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Insurance Comparison
On 16/08/2014 9:28 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Randy, I was chatting with a Canadian guy on one of the other forums I frequent about (aboot?) car insurance. Is it significantly different in Canada compared to the States, or are you familiar with our car insurance system here? Just curious Dan ___ In Manitoba, we have Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation - MPIC or Autopac. A government run monopoly on car insurance. It is no fault so you cannot sue for injuries. They have a chart of some sort so if you lose your hand in an accident, they pay you the same whether you were a car sales man or a surgeon. It started out cheaper than private insurance companies. No idea if it still is. In Winnipeg we pay from about $1200 to $1400 each for my truck, my wife's 07 Accord and the old 300D. It gets switched to storage insurance between Nov 1 and whenever the roads get cleaned up in the spring so I don't pay the full bore on it. That is with a pretty good driving record. They are all registered to my wife. She wrecked the Toyota Avalon a few years back but apart from that, no driving issues so she has a full load of merit points. My elder son moved to Ottawa, Ontario and pays about the same there as he did here for a Mazda 3. Cannot recall what year - must be a 2011 or 2012. That is Ottawa however and I am told if he were in Toronto, he would likely pay about 3 times as much. Here in Manitoba, the rates are lower if you don't live in Winnipeg but only if you don't commute into Winnipeg daily. Ontario has private insurance and a modified no fault system. You can sue for big injuries but not for the small stuff. Saskatchewan has SGI so very similar to our MPIC and BC has BCIC again like MPIC. Alberta remains private insurance. Not sure about Quebec. I think they were first in Canada to have no fault but I don't know as though they have state run monopoly insurance. No real idea what goes on in the Maritimes. Back when we used to sue for damages on auto accident claims, we had to include a claim for medical costs. The state run insurance company would reimburse the state run hospital for costs of treatment in auto accidents so I don't know as though our tax funded medical system made our car insurance any cheaper. Our medical costs were no so high as you generally hear about medical costs in the USA so it may have helped in that regard. How is that for a general answer to your question? Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126
I think Ernest probably has it right. But do the '94-95 124 headlights fit the earlier 124's? Those lights on my '95 were the brightest I ever had on any car Ned Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 300SDL in Bawstun
Hmm. Thanks Dan. I have had a long- time lusting in my heart for an SDL. But we are going on vacation in the AMmy driveway privileges are close to max. On Aug 18, 2014 3:05 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w126-s-se-sec-sel-sd/1463904-w126-related-items-sale-wanted-buy-352.html#post9847945 Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
I was looking at your site today, read through some of the early history of the Chicken Wagon, hard to believe that was all the way back in 2007... The log may have started in 2007, but the CW itself is maybe 2002. That one picture of my son, born in 2001, in back in the baby bucket tells that story. The logs themselves didn't really get going until 2004. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] W124 headlights [was Re: headlight brightness, 123 126]
How does one tell if the headlights in one's W124 are the ones to which you here refer, Dan, or a better version? Pretty sure if it uses a 9004 bulb, they are NOT a better version! A tripod of three glass bumps on the front is also a pretty good indication of USDOT lamps. This is/was for an automatic aiming device. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 126
WILTON via Mercedes wrote: I put 7 in. Hellas on my 81 300D 'bout 12 years ago. The first time I turned them on at night, I threw so much light out front that I thought I felt some thrust (deceleration) to the rear. I only bought one set of E-code lamps new, Hella 6x8. The aiming instructions called for setting the low beam cutoff level to slightly down, with the point at which the low beam started rising to illuminate road signs aimed straight ahead. I followed those instructions to the best of my ability, and loved those lights. I never felt the high beams were aimed too high either. I put a set of Candlepower 55/100w bulbs in them. Woe be onto any fool in a pickup truck who failed to dim his lights to me. Even a quick beam flash probably left them seeing spots for the next half hour. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
Jim wrote: There's a lot to be said for NON-wysiwyg, aka wisiwiw, using something like emacs. The learning curve is a bit steeper, but there are no surprises and you're in complete control of everything. A browser refresh is fast, and that's all you need to see if a change came out right or not. You can lay out a few dummy pages using a tool whose output you like, then view the source to see what is going on and model your edits after that. It's surprising how messy the output of such tools can be. I use emacs. But I have found bluefish and html-kit to be helpful because the tag names are all listed conveniently. You still write markup - but with a crutch. *smiles* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] W124 headlights [was Re: headlight brightness, 123 126]
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:05:09 -0700 Jim Cathey jim.cathey...@gmail.com wrote: How does one tell if the headlights in one's W124 are the ones to which you here refer, Dan, or a better version? Pretty sure if it uses a 9004 bulb, they are NOT a better version! A tripod of three glass bumps on the front is also a pretty good indication of USDOT lamps. This is/was for an automatic aiming device. Ours use H4 bulbs and have a flat front. This is on a '95 W124, if that makes any difference. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
I've been using a free downloadable HTML editor called KompoZer. For a johnny-come-lately like me it works pretty well. Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Fmiser via Mercedes Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 9:24 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site Jim wrote: There's a lot to be said for NON-wysiwyg, aka wisiwiw, using something like emacs. The learning curve is a bit steeper, but there are no surprises and you're in complete control of everything. A browser refresh is fast, and that's all you need to see if a change came out right or not. You can lay out a few dummy pages using a tool whose output you like, then view the source to see what is going on and model your edits after that. It's surprising how messy the output of such tools can be. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
